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Robots for Real

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Robots for Real: The Amazing Androids of Hiroshi Ishiguro

To understand how the human mind works, a Japanese researcher is building androids that look just like real people

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Robots for Real: The Amazing Androids of Hiroshi Ishiguro

To understand how the human mind works, a Japanese researcher is building androids that look just like real people

Robots for Real: Lessons From a Mechanical Child

A child humanoid robot called iCub is helping Swiss scientists study cognition, learning, and mobility

Robots for Real: The A-Team of Robots

University of Minnesota researchers have built robots of diverse sizes, shapes, and specialties'now can the bots work as a team?

Robots for Real: Surgeons and Robots Scrub Up

At Johns Hopkins University, doctors and engineers collaborate to create the next generation of robots for the operating room

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At the FIRST Robotics Championship, one defending champion team learns engineering-and life-lessons

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Robots for Real: A Helping Hand From a Robot

The Quality of Life Technology Center, in Pittsburgh, is developing intelligent systems to help older adults stay independent and healthy

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Robots for Real

Listen to our full special report on how robots will transform our lives

To understand how the human mind works, a Japanese researcher is building androids that look just like real people

A child humanoid robot called iCub is helping Swiss scientists study cognition, learning, and mobility

University of Minnesota researchers have built robots of diverse sizes, shapes, and specialties'now can the bots work as a team?

At Johns Hopkins University, doctors and engineers collaborate to create the next generation of robots for the operating room

At the FIRST Robotics Championship, one defending champion team learns engineering-and life-lessons

Daniela Rus wants to create self-reconfiguring robots that can change their shape'and become anything

For a Silicon Valley start-up, the future of personal robots is bright, and open source

The Quality of Life Technology Center, in Pittsburgh, is developing intelligent systems to help older adults stay independent and healthy